#ImreNagy, twice premier of #Hungary, the last time durring the #HungarianRevolution of 1956, was executed by puppets of the #USSR on 16 June 1958.

I missed the aniversary of his death by some 57 days.

And wonder if the revolution was why Alex, a Hungarian, was living on #BulwerStreet in #Perth, killing his own chooks, in the late 1960s.

Today's photo with the most hits: Imre Nagy statue, Budapest.

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2013-Budapest

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Budapest, 16 June 1989. Exactly 31 years to the day after Imre Nagy was executed in 1958, he and other prominent leaders of the 1956 Revolution are reburied at Plot 301 with full honours following a huge ceremony at the aptly named Heroes Square. Three weeks later Nagy's executioner, János Kádár died having recently been ousted from power. The revolution of 1956 had finally succeeded.

Source: Fortepan [268402] / Glósz András

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Budapest, October 1956. The Prime Minister, Imre Nagy, addresses the crowd that had gathered outside Parliament on the evening of October 23rd. Nagy, a dedicated communist, but decent person, was an underwhelming leader of the revolution, swept along by forces he could not control. He was murdered by Kádár in 1958. However, his reburial in 1989 would signal the end of the communist regime he once led.

Source: Fortepan [141576] / Fortepan/Album023

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